[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki) › 25.3.12 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 25.3.12 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 25.3.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [25.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.3.12) tad enam svena rūpeṇa samardhayanti / (soma: viṣuvat) > xxv. 4. ‘The Bṛhat should be the Pṛṣṭha of this day’ some hold, saying ‘He who here gives heat is connected with the Bṛhat; the Bṛhat gives heat; moreover, the Mahādivākīrtya is not a Pṛṣṭha, the Bṛhat and Rathantara are openly Pṛṣṭhas; therefore the Bṛhat alone should be the Pṛṣṭha of this day.’ If they should perform the Bṛhat on a Pragātha containing (the word) ‘sun’ and Pragāthas containing ‘sun’, (it is) with the symbol of this day. ‘Indra hath knowledge for the hearing of this’ is the beginning of the litany, containing (the word) ‘sun’ in ‘He is the lively pathmaker for the sun’; this is the symbol of this day. ‘The Mahādivākīrtya alone should be the Pṛṣṭha of this day’ is the rule. The Mahādivākīrtya is openly a Sāman; thus with its own Sāman they make it success- > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 25.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.3.11) - [Next: 25.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.3.13) - [Up: 25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.3) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.25.p7) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.25.3.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.25.3.12) · Pramāṇa